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Below Utopia Movie Review

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Actors: Alyssa Milano, Ice -T, Tiny Lister, Justin Theroux
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Below Utopia
Daniel Beckett (Justin Theroux) brings his girlfriend Susanne (Alyssa Milano) to meet his parents on Thanksgiving. It's here that Justin's father wants to hand over the family business to him but Justin doesn't want it, telling his father he just isn't cut out for it. Susanne interupts the conversation and she and Justin then go downstairs and have sex in the basement. While doing so, there is a home invasion. Jim (Ice-T), Tiny (Tiny Lister), and Cole (Richard Danielson) kill off Justin's family and steal major works of art from the home.

Justin and Susanne hide in vents and in dark nooks as Jim and tiny come down stairs looking for more stuff to steal. There is conflict between the three thugs as Cole wants to leave but Jim insists on looking through the whole house for more stuff to steal. As Justin and Susanne attempt to escape from the basement, Cole comes back into the house and hears them. Cole goes into the basement and finds Susanne but Justin attacks him from behind and kills him. Justin dumps Cole's body at the foot of the stairs as they make a break for the upstairs. Jim and Tiny find the body and realize there is someone else in the house.

--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar




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Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 50%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 30%



Time/Era of Movie: - 1980's-1999
Crime & Police Story? Yes
Crime story: - being chased by crooks who want treasure/$$$$
Criminal enemy is... - stolen goods organization
Romance Yes

Main Character
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Hair color? - brunette (Brown)
Hair style - long, straight (woman)
Body type - ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
Unclothed? - Slightly see-through clothes
Events of movie makes character more... - aggressive
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Secondary Main Character
Identity: - Male
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Hair style - (man) short/standard wavy
Body type - average build (man)
How much in movie? - 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - 60%
Hair color - brunette (Black)
Body type - average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality - Black
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged

Setting
Mountains/Cliffs Yes
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel... - excited
How many deaths in film? - 4-8
Sex/nudity in movie? Yes
What kind of sex: - kissing - touching of personal anatomy - sex under blankets
How much use of techno gadgets? - 2 ()
Kind of violence: - guns
Unusual forms of death - perforation--bullets
Any profanity? - A lot of foul language
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